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Making Sense of the World

Jay Cross

Skypechat, for instant messaging and discussion with my peers at Internet Time Alliance. Email subscriptions to research services and blogs I don’t want to miss. Working Smarter Daily, workingsmarterdaily.com, a “smart aggregator” that displays what’s hot in my field.

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Many of these tools and services are free or have a free trial period, which can encourage you to experiment in a small way at first. MindMeister provides a browser-based service for creating mind maps through an intuitive interface. Understanding the universe of options can help you match your need to the best approach. MindMeister.

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Multi-Generational Learning in the Workplace

Janet Clarey

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). Serving the millennial generation: New directions for student services (pp. Debard, R. Millennials coming to college. Debard & M. Coomes (Eds.).

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Infographic: How Google has changed what it means to do research

eFront

With almost 30 percent of the human population, or 2 billion people, using the internet; and 94 percent of US students equating research with using Google or other search engines, it comes as no surprise that 75 percent of students use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias for research. 1996: Instant messaging services launched.

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Internet Time Alliance: what’s in a name?

Jay Cross

Wikipedia puts it this way: Internet time was a common catchphrase that originated during the late-1990s Internet boom. We settled into a routine of weekly conversations on Skype, an instant messaging discussion board, and a conferencing system that lets us see one another in real time. two in Canada, and two in the U.S.,

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Infographic: How Google has changed what it means to do research

eFront

With almost 30 percent of the human population, or 2 billion people, using the internet; and 94 percent of US students equating research with using Google or other search engines, it comes as no surprise that 75 percent of students use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias for research. 1996: Instant messaging services launched.

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Five Myths of Social Learning

Xyleme

Reality: Social media platforms have great organizational significance and will ultimately become part of the enterprise “fabric” just as we have seen with email, instant messaging, and other collaboration tools. Myth #3: Training and development organizations will make stand-alone social media platform decisions.